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This week the kids in POD 1 have been working through a Maths300 investigation about feet.
To begin the task our students brainstormed all the different times you might have bare feet.
The following was some of their suggestions:

getting into the bath

relaxing when you get home from school

swimming

surfing

in bed

when you wake up

at the beach

at the pool

in the shower

After this the children were tasked with creating a ‘person’ with bare feet. They spent a couple of sessions creating their person and developing a bio for their character. The kids chose names, clothes, identities and as you can see, they were very creative.

The buzz in the POD was amazing during the task with all the kids, teachers and support staff really getting into the task. Maths in POD 1 is a delight to witness and the learning and success the kids are experiencing is wonderful. Be sure to check back in a few days to see the great math calculations happening over the rest of the week.
Feet-u-ring Maths at YPCC on PhotoPeach

This is a BIG question for 5 to 7 year olds, but at YPCC our POD 1 students took on the challenge this week to work out exactly what is 1000.
We began this exploration with what is 100. Our students were asked to estimate how many unifix blocks in a line would it take to make 100? We had a few estimations and then it was given over to the kids to explore and find out for themselves.
It was interesting to see the kids counting out the hundred in different ways. Some began by counting by 1s whilst others began to bring what they know about 100 to the task. Making groups of 10 blocks quickly made the task easier and by allowing the kids to explore independently, the math conversations and learning was far more powerful. It was wonderful to see eyes light up when the kids began to ‘know’ what makes 100 and to hear the calls like, ‘I wonder how long 200 would be’ or ‘I know that 200 would be twice as long’!
Over the next two days we estimated and explored 500 and then 1000.
One really interesting moment was when the kids, working in small groups ran out of blocks! This dilema was quickly solved when the students came up with the idea of joining groups and blocks to make the 1000!

A powerful week of mathematical thinking and connection making was enjoyed by not only the kids but also the teachers! It is an exciting place to be at YPCC each morning as we investigate math concepts and build our mathematical knowledge.

Be sure to come back and keep an eye on our great learning. We’d love to read your comments as well.